the complexity of pensions systems and degrees of myopia. In this paper, we assess levels of knowledge of pensions using a …

early childhood intervention program that measures knowledge of narrowly defined skills on essentially equivalent subsets of … detailed knowledge measures. We reject the hypothesis of aggregate scale invariance and call into question the uncritical use …

-calculated factor share. These findings suggest investments in knowledge-based capital, i.e., intangible capital, produce productivity …

of FDI in the same line of business. Other benefits include enhanced managerial practices and knowledge about exporting …

the creation and dissemination of productive knowledge help explain the European advantage. We build a model of … technological progress in a pre-industrial economy that emphasizes the person-to-person transmission of tacit knowledge. The young … explain the rise of Europe relative to regions that relied on the transmission of knowledge within extended families or clans …

we study the drivers of knowledge diffusion by looking at the dynamics of the export basket of countries, with particular … focus on migration. The fact that knowledge diffusion requires direct human interaction implies that the international … diffusion of knowledge should follow the pattern of international migration. This is what this paper documents. Our main finding …

the exam, suggesting that social ties are relevant both for solving free-riding problems and for inducing knowledge …

individual models presented in his theory of marriage. Decision-making models assuming independent individual household members …Much of the recent literature in household economics has been critical of unitary models of household decision … discusses another alternative: independent individual models of decision-making that don't make any specific assumptions of …

We empirically study the determinants of intra-household decision power with respect to economic and financial choices …'s characteristics in terms of age, education, and income. The main conclusion is that decision-making power over family economics is not …

During the last two decades, the discrete-choice modelling of labour supply decisions has become increasingly popular …